Governor David Ige issued an Emergency Proclamation dated August 5, 2021,  suspending Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to enable boards to conduct meetings without any board members or members of the public physically present in the same location. 

The Board of Education will be holding virtual meetings until further notice. Go to http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/ListenLivetoBoardMeetings.aspx for information on how to listen to these virtual meetings.

STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

MEMBERS

Bill Arakaki      Shanty Asher      Kaimana Barcarse     Lyla Berg

     Lynn Fallin     Kili Namauʻu     Bruce Voss     

Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, September 16, 2021

1:30 p.m. 

Virtual Meeting

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AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2021 General Business Meeting and August 19, 2021 General Business Meeting (executive session) 

3. Reports of Board of Education (“Board”) Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent

1. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on:  (1) Committee Action on recommendation concerning priority allocation of federal funds in the second round of the Education Stabilization Fund’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (“ESSER II”) and in the third round of ESSER funds authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ESSER ARP”) to fund:  Department budget shortfalls; and (2) Committee Action on recommendation to rename the school currently known as Central Middle School to Princess Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Middle School
   

2. Student Achievement Committee Report on:  Presentation on Department’s educational plan for the use of federal funds in the second round of the Education Stabilization Fund’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (“ESSER II”) and in the third round of ESSER funds authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ESSER ARP”)

4. Action Items

NOTE:  Testimony relevant to each agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.

1. Board Action on National Association of State Boards of Education (“NASBE”) Annual Conference Matters:  Board delegate and alternate, NASBE Chair-Elect, NASBE Secretary-Treasurer, NASBE Bylaw revisions, and public education position revisions 

2. Board Action on appointment of committee vice chairperson of Human Resources Committee and member of Student Achievement Committee and Human Resource Committee 

3. Board Action on appointment of Board Waiver Review Representative for purposes of reviewing School Community Council (“SCC”) requests for waivers from statute, Board policy, and collective bargaining agreement provisions and to serve on the SCC Exception Review Committee 

4. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning renaming the school currently known as Central Middle School to Princess Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Middle School

5. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning priority allocation of federal funds in the second round of the ESSER II and in the third round of ESSER ARP to fund:  Department budget shortfalls

5. Discussion Items 

NOTE:  Testimony relevant to each agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.

1. Update on opening schools for the 2021-2022 school year:  Continuing education for students in isolation and quarantine, Department employee vaccination status data, COVID-19 cases in schools and school positivity rates, masking guidance changes, distance learning status update for the Department’s state distance learning program and Kaiapuni programs, expanding COVID-19 testing in schools, and readiness of schools to transition to distance learning 

6. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *Materials added on 09/17/2021 at 3:50 p.m.

NOTE: Anyone who missed the opportunity to testify before the relevant agenda item will be allowed to testify at the end of the meeting.

7. Adjournment

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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson